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1-5. Ad. Nyong It. at Akonolinga, G. L. Bates, Esq. (C). 



S. Cameroon. 



6-9. Ad. Calabar. Mr. J. Paul Arnold (P.). 



10-11. Ad. Sherboro. 



12-13. Hgr. Axim, Gold Coast. Mr. A. Rachovv (P.). 



16. FUNDULUS MICROLEPIS. 

 Vincig. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xvii. 1897, p. 356. 



Depth of body nearly equal to length of head, 3 to 84; times in total 

 length. Head flat above, as deep as broad ; mouth directed upwards ; 

 lower jaw projecting ; snout 3 to 3J times in length of head ; eye 5-f to 

 6 times in length of head, 2-f to 2| times in interorbital width. Dorsal 

 16-17, originating a little nearer head than root of caudal. Anal 17-18, 

 opposite to dorsal. Pectoral reaching ventral, or a little beyond. Caudal 

 subtruncate. 40-42 scales in longitudinal series, 26-28 in transverse 

 series. Yellowish grey ; a black band from one angle of the mouth to 

 the other, passing through the eyes and over the nape. 



Total length 65 millim. 



Between Brava and Lugh, Somaliland. — Types in Genoa Museum. 



17. FUNDULUS NISOPJUS. 

 Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xi. 1871, p. 456. 



Depth of body of times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Eye 4 times in length of head and twice in interorbital width. Dorsal 

 12. Anal 10-11, originating about opposite to middle of dorsal. Scales 

 36 in longitudinal series, 12 in transverse series. Light brown, male 

 faintly cross-banded. 



Total length 100 millim. 



Gaboon. — Types in Museum of Academy of Philadelphia. 



18. FUNDULUS CAPENSIS. 

 Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. xix. 1, 1895, p. 113. 



Head broad, depressed, crown flat ; snout short, rounded ; eye nearly 

 twice length of snout, 1\ times in length of head, little less than inter- 

 orbital width. Dorsal 13, originating midway between centre of eye and 

 base of caudal, and slightly in advance of vent. Anal 13, originating 



